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it all comes down to nutes available to the shrooms as they grow. wbs will probide more than brf cakes. substrate depth will also be a major factor in how big of a flush/shroom you will get. this with all the other major environmental factors:rh, temp, lighting, moisture content/nutes available from the substrate will affect flush and fruit size.good luckpeace

As said, substrate depth will be far more important, as well as genetics. I wouldnt bother with cakes ever if I had a PC (I never did do a cake by the way, went straight to casing grains my first grow). Go for the whole grains!

--------------------"life is like a drop of rain getting closer and closer to falling into a lake, and then when you hit the lake there is no more rain drop, only the lake."

For now I'm going to use cakes because I want to learn more about how, why, when, they grow. From there I think I'll have a better understanding and a decent shot at casing. Who knows, if I get bold I may prepare a casing once the grains have started colonizing.

Quote:NewbieShroomie said:For now I'm going to use cakes because I want to learn more about how, why, when, they grow. From there I think I'll have a better understanding and a decent shot at casing. Who knows, if I get bold I may prepare a casing once the grains have started colonizing.

i have been fruiting WBS "cakes" (just fully colonized WBS) with no issue at all. they are FAR superior to BRF cakes in terms of fruiting. you just need to be a little more gentle with them. If stuff starts crumbling off via handling/dunking just collect all of that stuff and lay it down on some foil with a light layer of verm between the grain and foil.. then cover the top with some verm too:

performs great!! i have had issues with casings contaminating but have had ZERO contam issues going this route. i now have some very large beds going: